The Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers (Ewen, MI) basketball toppled the host Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes (Lake Linden, MI), 56-41 in Thursday's league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 9-1 record. They play next when they travel to Baraga for a Copper Mountain bout on Tuesday, January 14. Ewen-Trout Creek will play a Vikings team coming off a 87-8 league win over Watersmeet (Watersmeet, MI). The Vikings record now stands at 6-3.

With the loss, Lake Linden-Hubbell falls to 6-2 on the campaign. The Lakes travel to Ontonagon (Ontonagon, MI) to play the Gladiators in a Copper Mountain bout on Tuesday, January 14. The Gladiators go into the bout with a record of 3-3. Ontonagon won 31-19 in their recent league bout against Chassell (Chassell, MI)